- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after Bunbury, published state with wall at left and large dog added."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Mounted on page 17 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and drypoint in brown ink on laid paper ; oval image 29.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 37.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Chess, Tables, Columns, Draperies, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A game at chess [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1780]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 780.03.01.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after Bunbury, published state with wall at left and large dog added."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Chess, Tables, Columns, Draperies, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A game at chess [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 January 1773]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.01.02.02.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire showing three men all with caricatured faces stand in front of two men, one of whom is obese and points to them, sit at a table. Behind them pinned to the wall are a map and portrait. Two dogs, one large and black and the other small and white, raise their paws at each other
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Later state, with slight alterations to the design. For an earlier state with less drypoint shading, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 773.01.02.02.1+., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject., and Watermark: L.V.G.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, Dogs, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A militia meeting [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 May 1799]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 799.05.23.06+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on volunteers: an officer and another man sit at a table while a soldier presents two potential - but unprepossessing - recruits, the second man shabbily dressed; behind them a large dog menaces a smaller one; on the wall a map and a portrait of a general."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 2 January 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 4759 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge leaving thread margin., Watermark: Edmeads & Pine 1795., and Embossed stamp of publisher in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, May 23 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, Dogs, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A militia meeting [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 February 1799]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 799.02.14.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Reissue, with imprint statement added, of a print originally published circa 1779. Cf. No. 4731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Feb. 14, 1799, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Anger, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Damn Mambrino [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 23d Feby. 1782.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wearing a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, is walking to left in a Parisian street with a small boy in attendance. Passers-by are amused by his lack of elegance: on the left, a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, with scissors at his waist and an apron, carries a parasol and raises his hand in surprise; a fat monk grins; an elegant man driving a cabriolet and his footman dressed in furs smile; a worker wearing loose trousers and wooden shoes folds his arms and stares; two dogs follow the Englishman."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., Mounted on page 12 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, partly hand-colored ; sheet 32.8 x 41.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, France, and Paris.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Englishman at Paris, 1767 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 23d Feby. 1782.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 782.02.23.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wearing a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, is walking to left in a Parisian street with a small boy in attendance. Passers-by are amused by his lack of elegance: on the left, a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, with scissors at his waist and an apron, carries a parasol and raises his hand in surprise; a fat monk grins; an elegant man driving a cabriolet and his footman dressed in furs smile; a worker wearing loose trousers and wooden shoes folds his arms and stares; two dogs follow the Englishman."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., and Watermark: L.V.G.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, France, and Paris.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Englishman at Paris, 1767 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 1st March 1777.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 777.03.01.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Publication statement is lightly etched and barely visible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Newmarket (Suffolk, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Alleys, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Newmarket a shot at a hawk / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 1st March 1777.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 777.03.01.03+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 73. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on a gullible young gambler; a street scene with a group of local Newmarket men and a small boy pointing at an open-mouthed young gentleman his right hand in his pocket holding a riding whip accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a street dog defecates in front of the young man; the wall behind the men has been chalked with the name of the famous racehorse Mambrino; in the distance three men converse outside a building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Imprint statement lightly etched and barely visible., Companion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a hawk., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Slang: Pigeon., 1 print : etching and drypoint with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 24.5 x 26.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, trimmed.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Whips, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 25th June 1777.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 11. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Cambridge academics: scene at a pottery market where a fat don trips over two fighting dogs and grabs the collar of a thin gentleman as he falls towards a table laden with pots for sale; the stall-holder rushes from the left to save him from damaging her stock and two of the don's colleagues stand behind the table laughing. On the right a fat woman bargains with another stall-holder for a chamber pot and tureen; behind them a young student approaches a well-dressed young woman with a cross hanging around her neck; in the foreground, a baby has fallen into a flower pot and a dog who has had a barber's wig-stand tied to his tail runs to right barking; in the background, King's College Chapel."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Pot sellers -- Cambridge: King's College Chapel., Mounted on page 11 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and drypoint with rocker on laid paper ; on sheet 39.0 x 49.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- King's College (University of Cambridge). Chapel,
- Subject (Topic):
- Pottery, Dogs, and Students
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pot Fair. Cambridge [graphic]